Andrea descended the steel stairs, already fully dressed again in her former clothes after discarding the costume. She smiled down at the wad of cash held in a money clip and a diamond ring which she had stolen from Mr. Harish. Dean saw her and took the back door of the club as usual to meet her in their meeting place, while she tried to hurry out of the club before Mr. Harish would eventually notice that his cash and diamond ring were gone.
It was obvious that he probably had been planning to propose to his mistress after his meeting with whomever he was waiting for. Well too bad that he would have to go buy another one.
Outside the club, four black cars arrived, stopping by the curb and several men dressed in black suits stepped out of the cars. A guard stepped out of the second car from the passenger seat next to the driver's then opened the back door. A tall handsome man stepped out followed by his underboss as the guards bowed their heads to him. He glanced around, buttoned his suit and walked towards the entrance of the club.
A woman in her mid-thirties with her hair pulled in a tight bun stepped forward to meet him. "Mr. Salvatore?" She asked and when he nodded, she gestured with her hand. "This way please." She led him into the club and he was followed by Bruno Mancini, his underboss and also three of his men while the others remained with the cars.
As they all walked into the club, Andrea who was trying to rush towards the entrance suddenly bumped into him. He didn't bulge but she staggered backward, regained her stance and looked up to meet his stark expression and also to find his underboss scrutinizing at her. "Sorry." She muttered and quickly walked past him out of the club.
They both turned partly to watch her go and the underboss muttered to him. "She just stole your wristwatch."
"I know." He simply said but in a grim tone.
"And we'll just let her get away with it?"
"Perhaps." He said and turned to look at the woman who had stopped to wait for them at the base of the stairs and as he nodded to her to continue, they followed again.
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Andrea quickly crossed the road, glancing behind her to make sure that none of the men she had just bumped into had followed her. They looked calmly mean and very Italian. She walked into an alley where she knew Dean would be waiting for her and she brought out the wristwatch she had stolen and stared at it in awe. "Damnnn!" She said in astonishment.
"That's a nice piece there." She quickly looked up when she heard Dean say as he approached her. "So did you get anything from Mr. Calisto?"
"Yep!" She showed him the cash and diamond ring.
"You are indeed the best." He smiled, pleased.
She opened her purse and poured out all what she had stolen tonight into his hands except the lipstick and the recent wristwatch and he tucked them into different pockets in his jacket. "Pawn them all." She told him.
"What about that fine piece?" He gestured with his chin at the wristwatch she was still holding.
"No..." She quickly tucked it into her purse. "I'm keeping this as a souvenir."
"It will make us a lotta cash, you know." He insisted.
"No." She said definitely, pulled a smaller wad out of the money clip and handed it to him.
"Fine." He shrugged and kept the money in his pants pocket then started walking backwards. "I'll meet you at the pier at 7 tomorrow evening...don't be late."
"You bet." She said and he walked out of the alley into the road and was gone. Andrea began counting the remaining cash in the clip when she heard the skidding of tires and the sounds of car doors, slamming shut.